Feb 27, 2007

Poetry is back on the menu as we welcome British poet and writer, Jacob Sam-La Rose, to perform and conduct workshops in Klang Valley from 7 to 11 March.

A former Poet-in-Residence at BBC London, he has taught creative writing internationally, and has facilitated and taught workshops and extended projects through institutions such as the National Theatre, the Arvon Foundation, Spread the Word, the Roundhouse, the Barbican, as well as a range of schools across England.

Jacob is also the Artistic Director of an annual teenage poetry SLAM project that works across London schools. Check out Jacob’s website and note the dates below to catch him performing alongside Malaysian poets!

WAYANG KATA III: AN EVENING OF SPOKEN WORDJacob and our own local poets take the stage.

Feb 12, 2007

Say It On The Sidewalk

We have done spoken word, music and indie films. And now we are looking into how we can incorporate visual art into our projects and gigs. Yes, something new for the new year.

To start off we had two graphic artists to do some chalk drawings on the sidewalk outside the studio we call home. The theme was anti-valentine's and my favourite is the sawed-up bunny with its brains and guts exposed. The pictures do no justice to the stretch of concrete they made into a canvas.

If this kind of thing is your kind of swing, drop us a comment or an email! We would love to hear from you, your ideas, or how your art projects can complement our gigs. Best ideas win a bucket of jumbo-sized-chalk.

Feb 9, 2007

It Happened Last Sunday

Our emcee opening the night and the stageJay Ong reading his piece on broken toysPatricia Low doing the quirky and random thingNicholas Wong on dedicating a poem to a nearly extinct bird, and snippets from his journalElza Irdalynna said, 'Valentine's can go stuff itself'Sharanya's poems are rich and sensuous with allusions to myth and the Hindu godsReuben Kang with the opening setGary Ooi dramatised his poemsNick Davis with songs about the other sex in mellow, jazzy tunesIan Theseira/Pass Caring closed the night with an intimate and melancholic selection

Thanks to everyone who came for our (anti) Valentine's gig! Hope you had fun, and see you at our next outing (check our blog for updates) :)

And as usual, thanks to The Dram Projects and the Food Foundry for generously sponsoring the event.And to Rachel and Rebecca Chew for photography and the amazing sidewalk art.